The Library of Great Sufi Poets: Book Two: Hafiz, Ibn Al-Farid, Ibn ?Arabi, Ibn Yamin, Inayat Khan, Iqbal, ?Iraqi, Jahan Khatun, Jami, Kabir, Kamal ad-Din, Khaqani. (Volume 2)

THE LIBRARY OF GREAT SUFI POETS Book Two Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Here is a wonderful, large selection of the Poetry and Lives and Selected Biographies of 12 of the greatest Sufi Poets from Persia, Arabia and the Indian Sub-Continent translated into the correct rhyme-structure & meaning, many for the first time. Introduction on Sufis: Their Art and Use of Poetry & The Main Forms of Sufi Poetry. THE POETS: Hafiz page 31, Ibn Al-Farid 91, Ibn Arabi 169, Ibn Yamin 215, Inayat Khan 257, Iqbal 301, Iraqi 351, Jahan Khatun 391, Jami 431, Kabir 493, Kamal ad-Din 553, Khaqani 581. There are four more volumes in this series. Pages 636. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ S DIVAN . It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance.. Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith. Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz s Divan off by heart. I was very impressed with the beauty of these books. Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz. Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, Attar, Rab ia, Mahsati, Sana i, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Baba Farid, Mu in, Lalla Ded, Mahsati, Iqbal, Rahman Baba and many others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children s books, 12 screenplays. www.newhumanitybooks.com